Psalms 97:1
Yahweh, hath become king, Let the earth exult, Let the multitude of coastlands rejoice.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
The LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad thereof.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 2:11Serve Yahweh with reverence, and exult with trembling:
Psalms 96:10Say among the nations, Yahweh, hath become King, Surely he hath fixed the world, it shall not be shaken, He will judge the peoples with equity.
Psalms 98:4Shout aloud to Yahweh, all the earth, Break forth and make a joyful noise and sweep the strings;
Isaiah 11:11And it shall come to pass in that day, That My Lord will again a second time set his hand, to possess himself of the remnant of his people,—who shall be left—from Assyria and from Egypt and from Pathros and from Ethiopia and from Elam and from Shinar and from Hamath and from the Coastlands of the sea;
Isaiah 41:5Coastlands have seen, so they fear, The ends of the earth, are in dread,—They have drawn near, and have come:
Isaiah 42:10Sing to Yahweh, a song that is new, His praise, from the end of the earth,—Ye that go down to the sea, and the fulness thereof, The Coastlands and ye who dwell therein.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 97:1
This psalm dwells upon the same subject, and is set to the same tune, with the foregoing psalm. Christ is the Alpha and the Omega of both; they are both penned, and are both to be sung to his honour; and we make nothing of them if we do not, in them, make melody with our hearts to the Lord Jesus. He it is that reigns, to the joy of all mankind ( ver. 1 ); and his government speaks, I. Terror to his enemies; for he is a prince of inflexible justice and irresistible power, ver. 2-7 . II. Comfort to his friends and… Read the whole commentary →